A BIG thank you to all and wishing you a handsome custom rifle if you dont not have one or many more if you do!

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Originally posted by eagle27:

Any reason why not taking off the rear square bridge as you have had done to the receiver?
That would really have completed that nice rounded lines of Mauser action in my eyes but then we do all see things differently.

Ralf Martini tends to build M98 rifles based around the orig. Oberndorf style.

Oberndorf made a few variations of M98 magnum actions prior to WW2,

Shootaways rifle as it is featured now,
resembles one of the much more rare factory variations of Oberndorf magnum actions.
ie; single[rear]square bridge, solid left wall and full dia./unstepped front ring.
....from about the very early 1930s.

For an un-scoped rifle I like the single rear SB feature,very much.

..and nice to see another finely crafted M98 hunting rifle that has not been bastardised with M70 features.

I must laugh, as I have a casting of your floor plate sitting here by my computer. Marty Rabeno engraved my .375 H&H Sako for me years ago, hence the source.

Turned out very nice. Congratulations. Mind messaging me what the engraving job cost and what was included?

pm sent

when I hit the lottery I intend to have about a dozen that nice built...

And purchase Butch's output for about six weeks.